On Wednesday, NYDN's front-page proclaimed, "Shame on U.S.", alongside the faces of the children who died in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Today, the front-page labels Congress "gutless cowards." The campaign comes after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that a gun-control bill would not pass the Senate if it included an assault weapon ban.

It's worth noting that the editor of NYDN, Colin Myler, is a Brit, and — like fellow ex-pat and anti-gun advocate Piers Morgan, of CNN — formerly served as editor at The Daily Mirror. Myler was editor from 1994 to 1995; Morgan, who served as editor for nine years, led the paper during its 1996/97 campaign for a ban on assault weapons and handguns in the United Kingdom, in the wake of the Dunblane Massacre.